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had spent the the seventy

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open flames going during these

3:01

records. Now I really do.

3:03

You really have a candle?

3:05

Good. Smells. Like

3:08

pineapples? Makes

3:10

my podcast taste amazing.

3:14

It's what are you eating Now

3:16

I'm finishing some applesauce I the

3:18

Woodhouse. This. Really is

3:20

a bonus episode. You're

3:23

eating on like you're eating apple sauce.

3:25

over. There was like one spoonful left

3:27

and know I just watch it. Sit

3:29

there, get dry. I'm weird. You know

3:31

what? that? we just recorded something else.

3:33

I guess I get why people know

3:35

he does. Recorded the the episode was

3:38

Adam Reduce yeah, that went into the

3:40

mainframe. know how much after that? took

3:42

a little ten or fifteen minute break.

3:44

Him I had some applesauce but there

3:46

was a little bit lest. You. Know

3:48

so few people have time for

3:50

apple sauce of it's encouraging to

3:53

see you really make the time.

3:55

And raffles? Yes sir! I always

3:57

put a fifteen minute buffer between

3:59

records. Can have a little bit app spots.

4:01

I can't even remember the last time I bought apple

4:03

sauce. Why do you have it in the house? Does.

4:06

Hanukkah we had of or

4:08

lockers. it's it's a lot.

4:10

Get turned him in isn't

4:12

it? It's a like a

4:14

condiment. the. Austin.

4:17

If I'm not intentional about it,

4:20

will. You know it'll just like

4:22

migrate further back on the shelf in the

4:24

fridge and then. sometime. In August

4:26

I'll be like. Looking. For sauerkraut

4:28

or something and I'll I'll see the jar

4:31

and I'll be like a where's the sauerkraut

4:33

know, grab it, know, put out and it'll

4:35

be a science experiment and. I'll

4:37

be sad because I'm in all

4:39

this beautiful applesauce gone to waste.

4:42

What? A shame been have had your luck

4:44

as before I find them delicious, I'm

4:46

a good luck human, the do you

4:48

think applesauce as a crutch? A

4:51

bad like this like his. I'll just. Throw

4:53

some Sultan a lot and that's all I

4:55

need. An unneeded dipping sauce. Oh

4:57

mean like that's like asking is man

5:00

a as a crutch on a hamburgers

5:02

mustard? a crush on a hot dog?

5:04

It's just it's a it's a tradition

5:06

of condiment. Not everybody wants it, but

5:08

you know it's also smart frowned upon

5:10

as far as I can tell. Had

5:14

to emphasise. The

5:16

Jewish religion for you have

5:19

relatively new. Thing. For

5:21

you sir, over the course is your

5:23

life, I wonder if you're bringing any

5:25

of that son. Benjamin Our Harrison. Sign.

5:28

To it like when you plate last gets.

5:32

Said that you're doing that that dollop

5:34

of apple sauce and then like. Cutting

5:37

a spoon early to make some

5:39

fancy plating. oh I'm are making

5:41

like a canal. Assess Assess Assess

5:43

assess. Are you allowed to do

5:46

this and his allies? You never

5:48

been very good at plating. that's

5:50

what. like. I'm very confident cook

5:53

your piles later. but I don't.

5:55

Played beautifully and I never have.

5:58

So. i am embarrassed to say that I

6:00

just put out like a, you know, a

6:03

ramekin with sour

6:05

cream, a ramekin with the apple sauce

6:07

and then a plate with some smoked

6:09

salmon on it, you know. That

6:11

sounds nice. But

6:14

back to this pineapple candle.

6:17

Back to the pineapple candle, yeah. You claim

6:19

to have this. I do, yeah.

6:21

Can you show it to the camera so that the

6:23

people watching at home? I think it went out again.

6:26

It's about to go out. This

6:28

wick is sitting very low in the hot

6:31

wax. And

6:33

so I got to, I'm trying to

6:35

turn the wax around

6:37

in the glass to get it up, you know.

6:39

Get it up out of that wax. Is

6:42

that one of those candles that you- Oh, I

6:44

just, I put it out again. Damn it. I'm

6:46

just trying to have a special podcast time with

6:48

my friends. I have a candle that sets

6:50

the mood and I keep putting

6:52

it out like a fucking idiot. Does

6:58

the mood that that pineapple candle

7:00

sets imply that you and your wife

7:02

are open to swinging? Is

7:06

that the mood you're trying to set up?

7:09

Is that what pineapple candle means? I

7:11

mean upside down pineapple I think

7:13

is a subtle swinging signal. God,

7:17

now I gotta fish this thing out. The

7:19

problem is the wick got bent

7:23

and now it's just all, it's

7:25

bent like it got crushed in a car

7:27

door and

7:30

I can't unbend it. Here

7:32

we go. Ah, see now it keeps

7:34

falling over again. I find it

7:37

so counterintuitive how you get a candle

7:39

that has gone in that direction back

7:41

to good working order. Oh,

7:43

I'm really nursing this thing back to health. I

7:46

mean, except maybe I'm not. I'm

7:48

just gonna dump hot wax in my lap. That

7:51

is most definitely what's going to happen here. The

7:56

thing is, this studio smelled

7:59

for a long time. I'm. Like.

8:01

Old California house, right?

8:03

And. I've had candles going ever since

8:05

we moved in in order to alleviate

8:08

this problems. Because you don't? You don't

8:10

like that smell. To

8:12

school there Fred said Brian walked

8:15

in there the other day yeah

8:17

I remembered and was overcome with

8:19

happiness dell dick feelings when he

8:21

encountered. Old. California house smell. yeah

8:23

I didn't know this is a

8:25

thing. Evidently California houses smell like

8:27

California houses and I to great

8:30

umbrage with this is I wanted

8:32

to my house to smell like

8:34

pineapple candle. You really took that.

8:36

The runway. As. A

8:38

thick most things ssssss.

8:42

Are you insulting me in the

8:44

way my home smells? Just a

8:46

beloved friends who would never use

8:48

given have a very high compliment.

8:50

What I did de maya. Paper.

8:54

Fists did you hit the factory reset button

8:56

inside the candle or you're using a paperclip?

8:58

That's it. I'm do and I were going

9:00

to get this thing everywhere and then I

9:02

think we're going to be ready to get

9:05

into our episode. Been about gay as guess

9:07

I'm a note closely managers the things people

9:09

are going to go out or really chair

9:11

but at the bit to to hear us

9:13

yell at each other about the episode of

9:15

Star Trek the Original series here. so. Er

9:21

that's a nice that starting to smell

9:23

good are you working with was like

9:25

extend though lighters. oh yeah you get

9:28

the red one with the the very

9:30

long probe. I'll look at our great

9:32

this flame looks now now really were

9:34

really make it smells in the ambience

9:37

of this episode. Overall just went so

9:39

far up I can't believe it. You

9:41

gotta get yourself a podcast. Handle fans.

9:44

A kid believe you don't have one. I

9:46

don't like scented candles either. I don't like

9:49

the smell of candles. I like a bees

9:51

wax candle. That's the most smelly a candle

9:53

can get before. I. Get off board.

9:56

you and i are mostly in agreement on

9:58

i don't like things that Yeah,

10:00

like anything I'm a neutral smell

10:03

fan Every time yeah

10:06

except in the case of old California house

10:10

Get it out of here replace it

10:12

with pineapples pineapple motif That's

10:15

what I'm about the sick and

10:18

twisted truth is that all old

10:20

houses in California? Smell

10:22

like the aftermath of a

10:24

pineapple scented candle. Oh

10:27

no Yeah, so like it'll smell

10:29

like a pineapple scented candle But then when it

10:31

goes out it will only enhance the old California

10:34

house smell of your studio This

10:36

is some real looper shit like Past

10:39

me made old California

10:41

house smell here. Yeah through time

10:43

travel I'm travel that'll explain why

10:45

the present you has loaf to

10:47

make you look a little bit

10:50

like Bruce Willis Right Do

10:55

you want to get into a very horny

10:57

episode of Star Trek the original series? Oh,

11:00

yeah You know, that's the

11:02

real reason for the pineapple candle the episode. We're

11:04

here to discuss a linguistic

11:08

title twister that I

11:10

really have a hard time with it's Star

11:12

Trek the original series Season 3 episode 5

11:15

and I'm gonna try not to mess this

11:17

up. Is there in truth? No

11:20

beauty is there no truth

11:22

in beauty? See

11:24

is it in truth? No beauty because you

11:26

said it the other way. Is there no

11:28

truth in beauty? Did I do it wrong?

11:31

You did it wrong? Whoa,

11:33

this is what I was referring to

11:35

is there in truth. No beauty. Oh

11:37

because it's a like a the beholder

11:39

thing precisely Wow

11:43

Well, I guess we'll get into it

11:46

right after this theme music right

11:53

No, it's an uber trip

11:55

episode this time featuring the Medusans.

11:58

Yeah as the client species right?

12:01

See need a ride back to their home

12:03

planet and the Medusa and do not have

12:05

five stars? There's a warning on their file.

12:08

Said. I yearn. You're not supposed to

12:10

look directly at them because it will

12:12

drive you mad if you flip the

12:14

little rearview mirror saying like when there's

12:16

bright lights behind you he flips and

12:18

there is a medusa and the your

12:20

back seat and could you get away

12:22

with looking at a manner is even

12:24

then oh you'd wanna read thing over

12:26

your rearview mirror? Yeah like the plexiglas

12:29

that they are installed to prevent tovey

12:31

transmission would have to be tinted read

12:33

as. God what would you think

12:35

if you get in the back seat of

12:37

a ride sharing had a red partition a

12:39

sets a sex car isn't that. I would

12:41

think that they're driver might be a medusa

12:43

and I think this that but vulcans can

12:45

look at them so that was gay where

12:47

he beams on board and as a bunch

12:49

of their people standing around the transporter room

12:51

and like and larry's like what the hell

12:53

are you all doing here You should be

12:55

here. There's about the be a Medusa M

12:57

S. Have. No vote and even I

12:59

know that the system. So

13:02

yeah, but Vulcans can look at

13:04

them with glasses, right? Which is

13:06

why no one borrows the glasses.

13:08

It's there for Vulcans only, right?

13:10

The level of of security here

13:12

is that. Not. Only are the

13:14

vault is the Vulcan wearing glasses but also

13:16

the Medusa and is inside a box. So.

13:20

When the produce and beams aboard. In

13:22

this box. Next. To

13:24

Diana mold our playing Doctor

13:26

Jones. I know. I

13:29

did like. Spike doesn't even need to

13:32

be wearing these warehouses. Do you think

13:34

when you're a Vulcan of a certain

13:36

age you have Medusa and bifocals? ssssss

13:39

like you know those classes that like.

13:42

Oh, the transitions lenses were yeah,

13:44

oh, indoors. and yeah. Yeah.

13:47

I suffer the that whatever the chemical reaction

13:49

that's taking place in those glasses is is

13:51

too slow like if you're in the presence

13:54

of a Medusa. and and it takes the

13:56

like two or three seconds. You're. At

13:58

a nutter, it's a very cruz. Two or

14:00

three seconds their years. Two or three

14:03

seconds closer to madness. Yes, exactly. So

14:05

we're One interesting thing about a Doctor

14:07

Jones when she beams on board is

14:09

that she is not wearing these glasses.

14:12

Or she takes some off Right? Right?

14:14

Almost immediately she's wearing them and she

14:16

takes him off and gives a very

14:19

like half assed with long and Prosper

14:21

Han. Se

14:23

serially does that? Go and

14:25

check it. Mariners style such

14:27

you and prosper Innovation? Yeah,

14:30

Like the bow, You know? like that

14:32

you show respect and. Certain.

14:34

As far eastern cultures like giving a

14:36

really slight one, I feel like when

14:38

that doesn't spread the fingers. frank very

14:41

far apart. Six assists now I got.

14:44

I got sick now. but yes or

14:46

she greets Spock and that I don't

14:48

have. You had this problem: Adam, the

14:50

the Ambassador, the produce and who is

14:52

currently in this hexagonal box? It.

14:55

Sounded to me over and over again

14:57

like everybody in the episode had heard

14:59

the name spoken ones and was pretty

15:01

sure it was Carlos but they weren't

15:03

totally sure said they were kind of

15:05

they. They all said it had this

15:07

way where as ago little bit quick

15:09

and like they're trying to get past

15:11

the are part of the of the

15:13

sounds before anybody catches on that they

15:15

don't have one hundred percent confidence in

15:17

whether it's Carlos or something that sounds

15:19

similar to Carlos Mugham aboard Ambassador Cause

15:21

com salah com solace I run into

15:23

the cell the time and social situations.

15:25

Like you just ask for someone to repeat

15:27

their name once and that's it. I said

15:29

that the you don't get a third try

15:32

you'll get a severed run. The so if

15:34

the person telling you. Can have

15:36

says ambassador tell us. Fear

15:39

and you're just. it's up to you

15:41

at that point and years. Everybody on

15:43

the show is just like I'm hoping

15:45

that my sort of mid atlantic sixties

15:47

Tv accent ray has a soft enough

15:49

are that I can get away with

15:51

it not being totally clear what I'm

15:53

saying to me they are the ambassador

15:55

henceforth assist Assist. That's it. So.

15:58

Last spot. And the

16:01

doctor jones that the clear the hallways

16:03

like the the order goes out that

16:05

the hallways must be cleared and they

16:07

carry this box to a state room

16:09

where Ambassador Carlos is gonna hang out.

16:12

For the episode I looked up something.

16:14

then I did little bit of research

16:16

because I was like a look at

16:18

other carrying around the ambassador. he looks

16:21

like one of those old timey things

16:23

like in Egypt that you carry around

16:25

there. That. A prince or it

16:27

or whatever. Oh yes. Eclipse Killed. you know

16:30

that's called that? A sedan chair. What

16:32

I found was Palin Quinn. Oh

16:34

like where you get for people to

16:36

lift up a box or whatever and

16:38

then that's where the throne rides around

16:40

As yes I was getting thrown vibes

16:42

from this ambassador. Bucks yeah yeah it's

16:45

like a magnetic device that they put

16:47

on the top of it that gives

16:49

you handles that come off at a

16:51

forty five degree angle. would seems like

16:53

a very dangerous that of ergonomic this

16:55

for him. I completely agree. But

16:58

it is very ceremonial feeling the way

17:01

they carry the box and s as

17:03

they're walking down. These vacated hallways

17:05

in their read sunglasses. Spock is

17:07

very complimentary. The Doctor Jones has

17:10

been selected try and make his

17:12

mind blink with the Medusa And

17:14

because they offered him their job

17:16

and he turned bounced. Love!

17:19

This power moves. Assistance. Or

17:22

was unable to access my license. Hear

17:24

how I see gets a job that

17:27

wasn't good enough for me. Good

17:29

luck as be nice for your leg with a. S

17:32

he wants to say was up to

17:35

the ambassador and she's a little bit

17:37

touchy about this at first, but. Can't

17:40

really think of any pretext to

17:42

deny him. So. Sparse

17:44

gets to see what happens when you get

17:46

a little peek a boo inside the box.

17:49

When. They bring the ambassador to

17:51

their quarters and they set

17:53

the Medusa box on the

17:55

Medusa and. Pedestal.

17:59

this suggests that when they leave the Medusin

18:01

will get out of the box and kind

18:04

of use the things in the quarters, right?

18:06

Right. Yeah Oh like kind of

18:08

unpack the box and like put the clothes in

18:10

the in the dresser and tear

18:12

the toilet paper Rose off

18:14

and and the rest of it Yeah,

18:18

you don't want to be Ensign hospitality

18:20

or worse Ensign hazmat when

18:22

a Medusin checks out of

18:24

their stateroom Yeah, you

18:26

don't want to look directly at the sheets After

18:29

they're gone, it'll drive you mad Yeah But

18:32

weirdly if you look directly at the

18:34

sheets with the red filter on the

18:36

glasses it might show Something

18:38

else that will drive you mad Kirk

18:42

orders the ship underway at this point

18:44

after the Medusin gets comfy and

18:46

the Medusin planet they leave in the background Looks

18:49

pretty great does it looks really nice. I'm

18:51

not super clear on where this guy is

18:53

going by the end We see they they

18:55

meet up with them Medusin ship Yeah,

18:58

but uh, man looks

19:00

great down there. Yeah, looks like a nice place to

19:02

hang too bad No one can visit so

19:04

dr. Jones is a human

19:07

telepath who was trained like

19:10

a Vulcan I guess and there's

19:13

like a state dinner kind of vibe where

19:15

it's just her and a bunch of dudes

19:17

from ship and like

19:20

Kirk is laying it on pretty thick in

19:23

This scene to Miranda Jones the loveliest human

19:26

never to grace the starship I love how

19:28

the scene it starts when you think it's

19:30

just them Yeah, and the shots

19:32

get wider and you see like you

19:35

see the senior staff doing this in front

19:37

of his coworkers Are you kidding and then

19:40

finally it grows so wide that oh, yeah

19:42

Larry's here Larry

19:46

Marvick Larry Marvick

19:50

Which is like the Turkish movie

19:52

version of the Top Gun character

19:54

Maverick I

19:58

don't like you Marvick you're dangerous.

20:01

Dr. Jones thinks that the Itic

20:03

pins that Spock has worn

20:05

to this dinner is

20:08

a further insult of her, which

20:11

I guess he's using it as kind of

20:13

a flex that like, oh yeah,

20:15

I could mind link with the Medusin in my

20:19

sleep. I wouldn't need to try as

20:21

hard as a human telepath. This

20:23

is a scene that really draws a

20:25

bright line around the idea of Dr.

20:27

Jones not being a lot of fun.

20:29

She takes great umbrage with just about

20:32

everything. Well, I doubt that Mr. Spock

20:34

would don the most revered of all

20:36

Vulcan symbols merely to annoy

20:38

you, Dr. Jones. But I

20:40

guess who wouldn't when you're like

20:42

dodging cocks, you

20:45

know, during an entire dinner, like back

20:48

off. Diana Muldair is fully that

20:50

gif of hot dogs flying at

20:52

a woman's face in the scene.

20:55

Did you read about this Itic

20:57

pin? No, I did

20:59

not. This is a great Gene Roddenberry idea.

21:01

Gene's like, we need more merch. Wear

21:04

the Itic pin and then we can sell

21:06

it. Wow. And the people in production on

21:09

this episode were like, fuck that.

21:11

And Gene's like, no, seriously, like put it in

21:13

a bunch of shots. It'll be great. And

21:17

production's like, how about no?

21:21

And you basically get it for as much as

21:23

you get it, which is the bare minimum. But

21:25

like the whole idea is like the idea of

21:28

the pin itself is very cynical. I read. Dang.

21:30

I mean, it's like, like Masters

21:33

of the Universe toys, you know,

21:35

leading to the creation of the

21:37

He-Man show, like, sure. Commerce wag.

21:40

It's a very funny idea for like a pinko

21:43

like Gene Roddenberry to come up with.

21:45

Like, how are we going to make

21:47

more money off this thing? Yeah. No

21:49

one wears a pin at anyone. Yeah.

21:52

Dr. Jones. This shit, and her history,

21:54

will shortly become the clear. No, no, no,

21:56

no, no. The

22:03

conversations at this table are so strange

22:05

because McCoy, out of nowhere, is like,

22:07

you're so beautiful. Why would

22:09

you work with anyone? So ugly

22:12

and dangerous. And

22:14

then like, no one answers McCoy in

22:16

this moment. Kirk toasts Dr.

22:18

Jones. And then Dr. Jones doesn't

22:20

let that go. She's like, so

22:22

doctor, you work in medicine, don't

22:25

you? Aren't you familiar with the

22:27

grotesque and the wounded and so forth?

22:29

Yeah. Yeah. What makes you do that?

22:31

And Larry is like, I

22:34

just want to be clear. You're

22:36

talking about the Medusans, not me,

22:38

right? And then Dr.

22:40

Jones like gets schisms and she's like,

22:43

someone wants to murder the ambassador. And

22:46

she's totally seized by this moment. And

22:49

there's like follow up questions. But

22:51

the feeling passes and Dr. Jones is like, I

22:53

think I'm just gonna go home. I think I

22:55

think we're done here. A

22:57

very unusual dinner. Thanks for the

22:59

hot dogs, gentlemen. Anyways, I gotta

23:01

go. And a lot of offers

23:03

to escort her out of here,

23:05

but she turns them all down.

23:08

And then Larry wants

23:10

to leave and Montgomery

23:12

Scott, who has been here in his

23:14

kilt the entire time, suddenly

23:16

like jumps at the opportunity to take

23:19

Larry down to the engine room because Larry

23:21

is going to help like work

23:24

on some engineering plan

23:26

to merge Medusa navigational

23:28

expertise with Federation

23:31

propulsion technology. But

23:33

I also sort of got the feeling that

23:35

Scotty might've been trying to hit it. Oh

23:38

yeah, no doubt. Everyone at the table wanted

23:40

to hit it. No, I'm

23:42

saying like Scotty wanted it with Larry.

23:44

Like I want to go down

23:46

to engineering with you and share a bottle of Scotch, buddy.

23:48

I don't believe that for

23:50

a second. And I think the answer

23:53

to this query is in the blocking.

23:55

Maybe the most important piece of blocking

23:57

and Star Trek history is facing Scotty's

24:00

uncrossed legs at Dr. Jones

24:03

and away from camera during the dinner

24:06

scene. Yeah, I guess so. Very

24:09

fatal attraction. Yeah. You

24:14

think he's hanging like a five inch

24:16

inseam on that kilt? Yeah. Yeah. I

24:18

mean, she can see brain. Let's

24:20

just say. So

24:24

in Dr. Jones's quarters, it doesn't take

24:26

long for Larry to show up and

24:29

reveal what we've already known from the start.

24:31

He's totally crushing on her and he doesn't

24:33

want her to leave. This guy

24:35

will never treat you the way I will. Let

24:38

me two hand kiss you to prove

24:40

it. And

24:43

the way Dr. Jones is

24:45

totally not reactive to this

24:47

kiss has got to be so

24:50

painful to Larry. I

24:52

thought that was a moment and we felt the

24:54

same. I simply cannot

24:56

love you the way you want me to.

24:58

What was up with Larry's fingernails? Did you

25:00

notice how like brown and scuffed they looked

25:03

in the closeup? I feel like

25:06

in the sixties, it had

25:08

to be very hard to find

25:10

fingernails that weren't totally tobacco

25:13

stand, right? Oh, it's

25:15

tobacco. I was thinking maybe he'd like gotten

25:17

hammer injuries on both thumbs. Like, you know,

25:19

when you get like the blood blister under

25:21

the nail. I

25:27

thought you were going to go. Yeah. Like, where

25:29

did he get that crowd on his fingers? But

25:31

you're like, several blows of the hammer are

25:33

the only thing that could cause that. I don't

25:36

know what Larry gets up to and he's not

25:38

on set. You know, maybe he's into woodworking. Yeah.

25:41

Better than any, any

25:43

ammonia capsule. Take a

25:45

couple blows of the hammer to the thumb, wake

25:48

it right up. So,

25:51

uh, it becomes clear that Larry has

25:53

got sort of jilted lover energy when

25:55

she gives this information to

25:58

him that she's going away with. Ambassador

26:00

Carlos never to return. Yeah.

26:02

But this is a second moment where

26:05

she gets schizmed and sees

26:08

the box that the

26:10

Medusin is inside of and she realizes that it

26:12

is in fact, Larry, that

26:14

it has the murderous feelings. How would

26:16

you even assassinate the ambassador in that

26:18

box? I mean, it's like shooting fish

26:21

in a barrel. I feel

26:23

like with a stitch of dialogue, you

26:25

could have made the act of assassination

26:27

very interesting, right? Like what if

26:29

you just dumped it in water? Oh

26:31

yeah. And like put a Medusin out, you

26:34

know, like extinguish it like that. Yeah.

26:38

Could a Medusin survive in space?

26:40

What do they need? I

26:42

mean, Murph can. Can a Medusin? It

26:45

seems that way. It seems like they would,

26:48

if they're, if they're non-corporeal, space

26:50

is only dangerous for the corporeal, right?

26:53

Right. I don't know. Which

26:55

is why I've always resented being corporeal.

26:57

Yeah. I mean, the hit

26:59

that Dr. Jones gets is not a specific

27:02

way of assassinating. It is the

27:04

general interest in assassinating a bastard

27:06

colos. And I guess

27:09

once the accusation is leveled, Larry

27:11

just kind of turns to leave in a huff

27:14

after not getting what he wants and

27:17

he hits the worst wall button of all time.

27:19

Did you see the detail on this? This is

27:21

like, uh, I love that

27:23

we're getting the original series in HD, like

27:26

crystal clear, sharp as hell

27:28

fidelity, but like the hole

27:30

saw they used to

27:33

cut this button hole in the

27:35

wall is pretty unfinished. It's

27:37

really bad. I recently

27:40

realized that I had a, uh,

27:42

a hole in my counter that

27:44

could accommodate a water filter spout.

27:47

So I ordered out like a

27:49

filtered water rig off of the

27:51

internet and installed it, but the,

27:53

the little nice flange on the

27:55

faucet itself is like half

27:58

a millimeter bigger than the hole. the

28:00

counter so it really like barely covers it in

28:02

the same way as that wall button. That's

28:06

a dangerous game you're playing. Yeah, just

28:08

like any minor bump reveals

28:10

a little bit of, you know, like a little

28:12

arc of hole down into the counter. A little

28:14

hurdle. Or, yeah, drives me

28:16

absolutely mental. And I

28:19

don't think I could be on the original

28:21

series Enterprise as a crewman if that was

28:23

the way it was built. You walk around

28:25

and all you see are the unfinished hurdles.

28:27

Yeah, it would drive me nuts, you know?

28:30

So Larry gets one of those little,

28:32

you know, hand clicker phasers and

28:35

goes into the ambassador's quarters.

28:38

And the only way the

28:40

ambassador has of defending itself

28:43

in this box is just to like open

28:45

the box a little bit. And we

28:47

see the like green 60s

28:51

impressionistic light show wash

28:53

over. Larry drops

28:55

his phaser. He stumbles out

28:57

of the room. It

29:00

goes berserk. Do

29:02

you think you could stop an assassination

29:04

in progress by dropping your robe, Ben?

29:07

Because I feel like as a form

29:09

of self-defense, the idea of like, I

29:12

see you're here to kill me. Like

29:14

my body. Are

29:19

you enjoying the view? Oh,

29:23

I'm going to bend over and pick up the robe

29:25

I dropped. I

29:28

dropped it again. No, no. Oh,

29:34

boy, this is not good for Larry.

29:37

Yeah, so he's running

29:39

just like a crazy person down

29:41

the hallway. He

29:43

finds his way into a turbo

29:45

lift and Dr. Jones, you know,

29:47

sees that something bad has happened

29:49

in the ambassador's

29:51

quarters. And I guess she does

29:54

she radio up to the bridge to let them know that the

29:57

Medusan has been upset. This

30:00

is a crucial scene, but

30:04

also it really depends on

30:06

you to fill in a lot of blanks,

30:08

right? Because like the suggestion of space madness

30:10

is there and what the ambassador can do

30:12

to people if they look at them. Yeah,

30:15

because she doesn't contact anybody, right? Like

30:17

there's just like a cut from him

30:20

punching someone to like Kirk and a

30:22

security detail marching around the

30:24

ship. Right, but like I'm wondering what

30:26

they think they're going to encounter because

30:28

like what I'm thinking of space madness,

30:30

I'm not thinking about the running around

30:32

and punching people style of space madness

30:34

that Larry has. He

30:37

seems to have a single intent,

30:39

which is to cause as much

30:41

destruction and mayhem as possible. Right.

30:44

And like there are forms of madness

30:46

that are like aren't as outwardly violent,

30:48

you know? Yeah,

30:51

Larry wants to grab the wheel and like jerk

30:53

the ship into a ditch, you know? He's

30:56

got it together enough to do that. He

30:58

sure does. So somehow everybody

31:01

knows that somebody is rampaging

31:03

around the ship except for

31:05

Mr. Scott, who's like, oh,

31:08

Larry, come in here and push all the buttons

31:11

you want. And the bottle of Scott shall be

31:13

in your room this evening if you can handle

31:15

him. Larry, mad enough to

31:17

be punching people, not

31:19

presenting as mad enough to

31:22

make Scotty suspicious in this scene.

31:26

Yeah, because he hasn't gotten all sweaty yet,

31:29

you know, crucially, like the 60s TV shorthand

31:33

of being sweaty equaling

31:35

being crazy. Yeah. Hasn't

31:37

set in just yet. There's

31:43

a sort of respect that Larry and

31:45

Scotty have from Jump, which is like

31:47

a couple of hot rod

31:49

guys getting their cars and coffee meet

31:51

up together like, man, the ship rules.

31:53

Any time you want to drive it

31:55

around, just do it, man. Just

31:58

come on down to engineering and chill. And

32:00

this is like that moment where Scotty

32:02

thinks Larry's cashing in that rain check.

32:04

Yeah, yeah. And this is all a

32:07

nice distraction for the fact that

32:09

Dr. Jones went in and shut

32:11

the Medusin box without her special

32:13

glasses on, which is telegraphing

32:15

what is to come. She

32:18

comes out into the hallway and tells Kirk,

32:20

like, oh, yeah, like, Larry tried to kill

32:23

the ambassador. And he's like, Ambassador Carlos? Really?

32:26

And she's like, yeah, something like that. And so, anyways,

32:28

we should probably find him. And he gets on the

32:30

one MC and tells the whole ship, look

32:32

for Larry and definitely don't let him

32:35

push any important buttons while

32:37

we're looking for him. But it's too late.

32:39

The one place he shouldn't be is engineering.

32:41

As long as we keep him away from

32:43

there, I think we'll be fine. Just

32:46

give him faces to punch. He's

32:50

getting really sweaty at this point. And

32:52

he takes on Mr. Scott and a

32:55

team of engineers and beats

32:57

them to a pulp and veers

33:00

the ship off in a direction and

33:02

climbs past warp factor nine. I'm

33:05

worried that we are going to have a

33:07

salamander episode on our hands. Yeah. Got

33:10

close, didn't it? Sure did. Almost

33:12

got a cyboc episode out of this. This is what

33:14

we got. But they went the

33:16

other direction. For some reason, instead

33:19

of going with his huge security detail

33:21

down to engineering, Kirk went back

33:23

up to the bridge. This is

33:25

where they're dealing with the fact that the ship is

33:27

totally out of control. So they finally

33:30

hear from Larry in engineering and

33:32

it's just the ramblings of an

33:34

incoherent person who's probably very sweaty.

33:37

So they all have to run down there and fight

33:40

him into submission. But by the time they do, the

33:43

ship has traveled outside the boundaries

33:45

of the galaxy. Yeah,

33:47

they made it. I wonder if

33:49

they'll meet the Ten Sea while they're out here. Yeah, I

33:51

don't know. Poor Larry.

33:54

Yeah. He's dead, John. Good guy. words

34:00

are she'll kill you if you love her

34:02

which is like so lyrical as

34:05

a statement. Like every

34:07

man in the room just kind of stares out

34:09

in the middle distance after this and is like

34:11

goddamn it. No kidding. She

34:17

really will, won't she? They'll

34:20

have their like all access passes for

34:23

the when we were young

34:25

festival around their necks in

34:27

this one shot. Yeah, yeah.

34:31

Nemo never dies for Larry. Yeah.

34:33

McCoy's got the autopsy pretty fast

34:35

from Larry's birdie. Yeah. It's

34:38

basically like every system

34:41

in his body failed all at

34:43

the same time. Cause

34:45

unknown. I did that Y incision

34:47

and then like all of his

34:49

internal organs like cartoon characters just

34:51

held up signs that said like

34:53

help. Also it is

34:56

very upsetting how much glitter came out

34:58

of his Y incision. It is all

35:01

over my instruments. It's

35:05

enough to make you ask why. Also,

35:14

speaking of autopsies, Spock has

35:16

done an autopsy on their

35:18

position and nothing

35:20

to report. They don't know

35:22

where they are. They have no reference points

35:24

to navigate back. Like they're so far outside

35:27

the galaxy that there's just nothing they can

35:29

do about it. So Kirk's like,

35:31

if we can't do this by ourselves,

35:34

maybe our Medusan guest

35:36

can navigate the way home in a

35:38

kind of like raccoon situation.

35:40

Like put them on top of

35:43

Spock's head, have Spock at the

35:45

controls, get our

35:47

ship home. I don't know what I'd

35:49

do with that. But the problem here,

35:52

it's so interesting how it isn't whether

35:54

or not Ambassador Carlos would

35:56

or could do it. Is It

35:58

okay with Dr. Jones. Lucille Lauer And

36:01

that Such a strange. Power.

36:03

Dynamic to the whole thing. raise like,

36:05

are we afraid of a bastard? Colas?

36:07

Does anyone has the ability to talk

36:09

to them? That's not spark Er Doctor

36:11

Jones is that the real reason that

36:13

we need to get Dr. Jones is.

36:15

Sign. Off on this. That was confusing

36:18

to me. Raiders are just some kind

36:20

of like professional courtesy. like I'm a

36:22

big gripe boy. bike were screened it

36:24

outside of the Galaxy. Who gives a

36:26

shit about professional courtesy? We're gonna fucking

36:28

die out here. Yes, Yes, Sir.

36:30

Hosts It's funny how like well we

36:32

gotta get it passed a doctor jones

36:34

is go with someone's gonna have to

36:37

sweet soccer. For

36:40

deranged Cut to the Arboretum swears hurt

36:42

his tried to sweet talker like if

36:44

after that dinner Turk walked away with

36:47

the impression that the things that really

36:49

works on Dr. Jones is when your

36:51

way it on super a six year

36:54

he really miss a lot of social

36:56

cues in that moment but I that's

36:58

when as trying to do. To

37:00

fully engage, her mind said

37:02

that spot him form a

37:05

telepathic fusion with the ambassador.

37:07

The thing that so. Captivating

37:10

to me about day animals

37:12

hours performance here. Is.

37:15

Like. How much. Making.

37:17

Eye contact is important. For.

37:20

An onscreen relationship of any kind, and

37:22

the fact that she can't do that

37:24

with him. Really

37:26

makes every scene where they're together

37:29

icy cold. Know not to she's

37:31

not interested cold but that. She.

37:33

Can't look him in the eyes right?

37:36

and the reasons wire or explained later

37:38

but like. He. Really

37:40

is effective for how they are not

37:42

on the same page as people. If

37:44

he's trying to flirt with her see

37:46

can't see that this. Is

37:50

prettier Mario I'm in and I love

37:52

how subtle like the details of lights

37:54

out she likes Stuck her finger on

37:56

the rose thorn you know, like. Like.

37:59

how could supply possibly like have that bad a

38:01

cut from a rose thorn when she just like

38:03

leaned down to smell it but apparently

38:06

she does. Right. It's

38:08

weird how Kirk sucks her

38:10

blood out of her finger. Yeah. Like

38:13

by putting her entire finger down his throat.

38:15

Yeah. Also. With

38:17

half of her hand really like. That's not how

38:19

you suck blood. That's how you

38:21

suck something else. I

38:24

see you're a very complicated man.

38:26

So Spock puts on his glasses

38:28

and walks in to make

38:31

his connection. Right because this isn't about

38:33

getting permission from Dr. Jones, right? It's

38:35

about distracting her. Yeah. And

38:37

so like we're cross-cutting between Kirk trying

38:39

to make out with her and Spock

38:42

trying to make fusion with

38:44

the ambassador and she's onto it the

38:46

second he walks into the ambassador's stave

38:48

room and she like

38:51

explains to Kirk like this is like you don't

38:53

understand how dangerous this is. It's

38:55

really bad if Spock goes

38:57

through with it. So he agrees

38:59

and they go up to to try and

39:02

stop Spock. Everyone's outside

39:04

the door to the ambassador's quarters to

39:07

decide what's next when Spock

39:09

pops out and McCoy just

39:12

like takes it upon himself to

39:14

break all HIPAA

39:16

rules everywhere. He's like,

39:18

Jerry, she's blind. Blind?

39:22

Blind, blind. Yeah, the

39:25

dress that she's wearing

39:27

with this intricate web

39:29

of beads is in

39:31

fact like a visor.

39:33

Yeah, this is really

39:36

cool. My compliments to

39:38

you and to you

39:40

a dressmaker. I love that. Yeah. What a twist.

39:42

All of the signs were there and yet I

39:45

did not see it coming. I

39:48

love Spock like not taking Bones's

39:50

word for it and like reaching his

39:52

hand out and like sticking it right

39:54

in your face. Yeah, I love that.

39:57

Couldn't the truth come down? I Didn't

39:59

expect Spock. To be the one to do

40:01

that like someone in the group has to do

40:03

it. Yeah, sucks. And we're Joyce. It makes it

40:05

look like a smart the when odious rest. Of.

40:09

The black is usually so respectful. but

40:11

and you as. The. Issue here

40:13

is like know like the reason we tried to

40:15

sneak this past year is like you obviously can't

40:17

pilot the ship. And she's like

40:19

why? because I'm a girl and there

40:21

are no cars you like can't see

40:23

no, it's because you're pretty spot on.

40:25

Make them I'm like nah, the decision

40:27

as possible gotta be Sparks And so

40:29

what they do is set up like

40:31

a dating game style like production flat

40:33

in between Spock space it on the

40:35

rest of the bridge. He's. Going

40:38

to. Do. The fusion

40:40

with Carlos. And

40:42

go sit at at sooo station

40:45

and piled the ship out of

40:47

danger. You could. Never

40:49

have a Medusa and Under Bridges

40:51

The D or any other Star

40:53

Trek sip with glossy surfaces re

40:56

oh yeah, just one glimpse. I

40:58

mean you couldn't He couldn't even

41:00

have a Medusa And on the

41:02

bridge The Enterprise in Strange New

41:04

Worlds right? Because I yes to

41:06

glossy opaque does is see his

41:09

horrible mangled reflection in every sense.

41:13

If you had to ask, Captain Pyke. What's.

41:16

Worse. A

41:18

vision of yourself and the beeping chair

41:21

or what we're told is the most

41:23

awful image. You. Could

41:25

imagine in looking and reduce and

41:27

straight in the but do since

41:30

what do you think he would

41:32

choose? Ah my Medusas or up

41:34

here gentleman. Spot

41:49

comes out and it's a whole

41:51

different character. Math and Carla's is

41:54

very fascinated by this like corporeal

41:56

life style that they all lead

41:58

us. it's real first for

42:01

Carlos experiencing this. Is this the

42:03

first makeover in Star Trek? Because

42:06

everything about how the scene works

42:08

suggests the makeover scene of

42:10

a thousand different movies or TV shows.

42:13

Hey. Spock goes behind the

42:15

partition to change and comes out totally

42:17

new and happy. I did not know

42:19

that the song Kiss Me came out

42:22

this early in rock and roll history.

42:25

This is nice. All he had to

42:27

do was shake out his hair and

42:29

take off his red sunglasses. Look

42:32

at all the confidence. Wow. Because that's what

42:34

makes him beautiful. What

42:37

a babe. There's

42:42

a little bit of

42:45

enjoying the corporeal lifestyle, but

42:48

pretty soon Kirk is like, all right, let's

42:50

get down to business. We need to navigate

42:52

back home. Spock sits down

42:55

and starts beeping boops. They

42:58

go to warp and very

43:00

quickly they have re-entered the

43:02

galaxy. Somebody

43:04

asks, Mr. Chekov, what's

43:07

your favorite arts and culture show on

43:09

NPR on the weekends? He says,

43:11

I want to find Mr. Spock. Thank

43:14

you, Mr. Chekov. They got right back

43:16

to where they started. So precise, the

43:18

return trip. I mean, if I'm

43:20

on that bridge, I'd be like, how long do we get

43:22

to hang out with the Sparlos?

43:27

Because this guy is good. Yeah. So

43:30

he was like, someone's out

43:32

to take my gerb. The

43:38

second they have finished their

43:40

transit back, Sparlos

43:42

is like, you guys are so alone. You

43:46

live these meager existence

43:48

trapped inside your fleshy

43:50

prison bodies. They're

43:52

like, all right, enough of that.

43:54

Unmerge, unmerge. Hey,

43:57

before I go, you mind if

43:59

I go experience? A great big

44:01

dope. And

44:06

this is so distracting that apparently

44:08

Spock forgot to put the sunglasses

44:10

back on before unmerging. Is

44:13

this future TV show viewer

44:16

creeping in? Because when I saw Spock go back

44:18

behind the partition without the glasses, I was like,

44:21

oh shit, the ambassador's

44:23

evil. He wants to

44:25

be seen. He wants to drive

44:27

people crazy. This seemed like a trick. Yeah.

44:31

Well, I think it sort of was, right? Like the... Well,

44:33

it's pinned on Dr. Jones for not being a,

44:35

hey guys. Yeah.

44:38

But it also seems like a really

44:41

surprising thing for Spock

44:43

to forget. Like,

44:45

Spock is not a character

44:48

one associates with making a lot of

44:51

like, oh, oops, errors, you know? Yeah.

44:55

But in this moment, he does,

44:57

and he goes mad. And then

44:59

we get this totally insane, like

45:02

super widescreen POV fight scene

45:04

where Spock is

45:07

fist fighting the whole bridge. I love

45:09

this. I mean, this is what you

45:11

saw when Larry went mad, was wide

45:13

angle lenses and like different varieties of

45:16

lenses in the sequence. It

45:18

really makes things look crazy. It does.

45:21

Until Spock gets stunned and taken to

45:24

the floor. It's Kirk that shoots him.

45:26

Yeah. They have to get him

45:28

to sickbay. And we

45:30

cut to Kirk pacing back and forth

45:32

in the hallway while Bones sort of stands

45:35

as like a guard outside the six

45:37

bay door. Yeah. And

45:40

I guess Dr. Jones is the

45:42

one that is ministering to Spock

45:44

to try and bring him back

45:46

from madness. She's trying to

45:48

like telepath him back to life. It's

45:50

so unfair how off the hook

45:53

Ambassador Colos is for

45:55

all this and the Medusins in general,

45:57

right? Like, why don't you come

45:59

up with this? solution to this awful problem

46:02

of your ugliness. How about a red

46:04

box instead of a brown box? Right.

46:09

Let's go container inside container.

46:12

Yeah. You know, let's not take any chances. One

46:15

container is none, two containers is one, is I

46:17

think what we're getting at. I

46:19

really like that math. Yeah. So when

46:21

Kirk walks in, she has taken off

46:23

the dress and she doesn't know who's

46:25

walked into the room. I

46:28

guess just to like focus her mind. Like

46:30

she took off the sensor dress to focus

46:32

on working on Spock. It's sort of a

46:34

jumper. So she had used the bathroom while

46:36

everyone was gone and she had yet to

46:38

put it back on. Yeah. And it's like

46:40

a whole thing. If you need to go

46:42

to the bathroom in one of those hospital

46:44

bathrooms are pretty clean. Like that's the

46:46

one you want to use if you're a visiting

46:48

guest. Right. Right. So this is where

46:51

Kirk kind of confronts her and he's like,

46:53

this is all your fault. You like, you

46:55

like beamed into his mind that he would

46:57

be forgetful because you were jealous of

46:59

the connection that he was making with

47:02

ambassador Carlos. It's all

47:04

your fault. And I guess this

47:06

persuades her because she kind of returns

47:08

to the project of trying

47:11

to save Spock with this

47:13

like good Gothic approach.

47:15

She's like, it's like, we are either

47:17

both going to die or we're

47:20

both going to live. It's really

47:22

interesting. The psychology at place

47:24

here, because you don't think Dr. Jones cares

47:26

about anything. And Kirk

47:28

is like, if you don't want

47:30

us to think you want him to die, do something.

47:35

Yeah. Try like try harder

47:37

is basically what he's getting at.

47:40

And the trying comes from a mind

47:43

meld that she performs on Spock. And

47:45

then things get really serious when

47:47

he puts his hands on her face. Yeah.

47:50

It's like, it's a four handed

47:52

meld is what it is. We've

47:54

never seen a four handed meld before

47:57

or since. Oh, and blood.

48:00

starts pouring out of both of their noses. No

48:03

one can let go. Mailed

48:06

fight! And like everybody comes from all

48:08

over the ship and it's like, yeah,

48:10

mailed fight, woo! And

48:13

you get some weird lenses here. Yeah. Almost

48:16

crazy Ambassador Carlos lenses. Yeah,

48:19

it's a lot. So

48:22

in the end, they meet up with the Medusan

48:24

ship and they've put the, what did you call

48:26

it? The Polenquin fixture back on

48:28

his box. And Spock,

48:30

who is now the picture of health,

48:33

has taken his Itic pen to a

48:35

jeweler and had it modified to be

48:37

the medallion on a chain. Gene

48:40

Roddenberry is watching the dailies like,

48:42

that's what I'm talking about.

48:44

Yeah. Yup. The

48:46

Itic chain. I

48:53

love it. I don't know about you

48:55

guys, but the Itic chain rules, right?

48:57

Right everyone? It's really good. I

49:00

think it's going to be a big seller. With

49:03

that chunky cubic zirconia in the middle,

49:05

who wouldn't want to wear that? Oh

49:09

man. So, yeah. They

49:11

say their farewell to Dr. Jones

49:14

who has sort of traded places with Spock.

49:16

I think like the implication is that through

49:19

the meld fight, Ambassador

49:21

Carlos' fusion transferred from

49:23

Spock to her, right?

49:26

I am one with Carlos. Yeah, that was a

49:28

two way street. I

49:30

was like, oh, I got to get all those arms. Yeah. And

49:32

then the thing I totally didn't get, which

49:35

is they beam away and like Spock has to

49:37

put the glasses back on for the transport, but

49:39

Kirk doesn't? I

49:42

just didn't think Kirk was looking directly

49:44

at it. Like

49:46

he was like checking his manicure. Like he was like looking at his

49:48

fingernails like, oh, I got to get something to pick that out from

49:52

under there. Just to be clear, you put on the

49:54

glasses because the way the transporter works is

49:56

outside in. then

50:01

what's inside it? It's like

50:03

a reverse microwave, right? It

50:05

must be, because that's the only thing I

50:07

could think of. Yeah. Anyways.

50:10

Hey, Ben. Yeah.

50:13

Do you think Spock and Dr. Jones

50:15

are Eskimo mind-meld twins with

50:17

Ambassador Carlos? Yeah. Yeah,

50:21

I guess so. Is

50:24

that the one where you rub nose blood against

50:27

each other? Yeah. I

50:29

think that's the reason for their bond. Oh.

50:32

Yeah. OK. Did

50:34

you like this episode of Star Trek The

50:37

original series, Adam? You're only

50:39

green who? Before

50:44

I arrive at the answer, I didn't

50:47

want to share some observations with you.

50:49

Maybe most primarily,

50:52

isn't it weird that this whole episode is about

50:54

an alien and you know

50:56

next to nothing about that alien, or what it

50:58

wants, or anything. Everyone's

51:01

talking around the Medusan, in

51:04

the same room even, about what the

51:06

Medusan might want. No one thinks to

51:08

ask the Medusan. And so this moment

51:10

at the end where Ambassador Carlos Rakukuni's

51:12

Spock, that's the Medusan's time

51:15

to shine, right? And I

51:18

wish for a moment when the Medusan

51:21

was inside Spock, they

51:23

were a little more like, hey, ask

51:25

me some questions or something. I'm

51:28

very curious about my deal. Like, don't treat me

51:30

like I'm not here. People have

51:33

treated me like the ugliest person in the room

51:35

my entire life. And I just

51:37

want the dignity and the respect

51:39

of people not talking over

51:41

me. But there's no request

51:43

to that end. It's just sort of an

51:46

amusement about how interesting body functions

51:49

are. And then the Medusan's out. It's

51:51

interesting, like the Medusan we get in Star Trek

51:53

Prodigy almost and

51:56

too many feelings about things. They really went in

51:59

the computer. complete opposite direction. I

52:02

love that Ambassador Carlos is not racked with

52:04

guilt over all of the mayhem. I

52:08

know. Their presence is constant.

52:10

Yeah. What

52:12

a wild episode. Really cool to see

52:14

Diana Muldaur in TOS. You

52:17

know, as every character states, a fucking

52:19

stone cold stunner of

52:21

a lady, just a real handsome lady is

52:24

Diana Muldaur. And her

52:26

second time on TOS, like they

52:28

brought her back. This was her second of two

52:31

times. Oh man, she's great. And that's quality. You

52:33

know she's great when you bring

52:35

her back. I mean, it's fun the way all TOS

52:37

episodes are and extremely funny

52:39

and moments that it doesn't

52:42

intend to be. And that's what I think makes them so

52:44

fun to do on our show

52:46

together. What about you Ben? Yeah, I really

52:48

liked this episode. I was totally taken

52:51

by surprise by the big surprise. And

52:54

I think like there are some

52:56

like clunky moments, like the

52:59

moment where Larry goes mad and

53:01

suddenly like the ship is on

53:03

alert is, it is so

53:05

like breezed past that the ship

53:07

is suddenly just on alert. It's

53:11

really silly. The Star Trek quality

53:13

of guy on the loose clobbering

53:15

random people in the halls is

53:17

great. Give me that every

53:19

time. Yeah. But overall,

53:21

yeah, I had a ton of fun watching

53:23

it and fun to get a little bit

53:26

of history on the Medusans. Now that we're

53:28

done with season one of Prodigy. Yeah,

53:30

it was worth it. It was worth going back and checking

53:32

out all the trivia about

53:35

the Medusans that we got out of this

53:37

episode. Well,

53:40

Adam, do you have an Edward

53:43

Larkin for this episode? There's

53:48

a moment here that made me laugh

53:50

and laugh. And it's

53:53

a time code Larkin Ben. I think

53:55

even without scrolling to

53:57

it, I think you'll remember it exactly.

54:00

Exactly. There's a moment where

54:02

Spock says a line of dialogue and

54:04

McCoy goes, that's not Spock. And

54:06

then Spock says another line of

54:08

dialogue and goes, that's Spock. The

54:12

dramatic flourish of Spock

54:15

being in the deep

54:17

background up on the rail. It's

54:20

kind of a three shot. So McCoy is in

54:22

the middle, like by the captain's chair and Kirk

54:24

is a little bit to the right in the

54:26

blocking. DeForest

54:28

Kelly chooses to turn in

54:31

the direction of longest rotation

54:33

in order to talk to Kirk in this scene.

54:36

And he does it twice because

54:38

he turns to face Spock and then

54:40

he rotates 270 degrees to talk to

54:42

Kirk twice to deliver these two lines.

54:46

And the value you get out of

54:48

that move twice is something that's so

54:51

fun and funny to me. And I

54:53

just love that moment. It's like that

54:55

classically trained actor turning past the camera

54:57

both times. Yeah. I

54:59

just love that moment. And you only get that in

55:01

TOS, I think. So I was a big fan

55:03

of it. What about you? All right. This

55:05

is a time coach emotive for you. If

55:08

you cue the episode up to four minutes

55:10

and 12 seconds. All right.

55:12

Hold on. This is the scene

55:14

where Kirk is on the one MC

55:16

ordering the hallways to be cleared so

55:18

that the ambassador can safely be moved

55:20

to their state room. And

55:23

this is the second of two shots of

55:25

just the kind of Starfleet whoever's standing

55:27

around in the hallway listening to

55:29

this. And you've got

55:31

a guy in a blue shirt toward

55:33

the foreground, kind of a handsome square

55:35

jawed blonde guy in a blue

55:38

shirt in the foreground. And if you

55:40

hit play when the order

55:42

is given that everybody needs to clear the

55:44

hallways and this guy turns to go back

55:46

to his quarters or whatever, you

55:48

can clearly see that this extra was

55:50

chewing gum. Hold on.

55:52

I'm waiting for the 90 second

55:55

ad for Top Gun Maverick to

55:57

finish playing on the ad free

55:59

version. of Paramount Plus that

56:01

I pay for. Cool. Okay,

56:04

now it's finished and I'm looking for a

56:06

gum chewer. Oh

56:08

yeah! Boy, this

56:11

guy is kind of hunky. He

56:13

really is. He's got real captain

56:15

of the football team vibes. Yeah,

56:17

he's going back to his stateroom

56:19

to fuck the prom queen. He

56:22

looks like, God, what's that

56:24

guy? Who's

56:26

that guy? He

56:29

was in all those things. Oh

56:31

yeah. He was the guy who played

56:33

the captain in the Black Mirror Star

56:36

Trek. Oh.

56:39

He looks like Jesse Plemons to me,

56:41

like time travel Jesse Plemons. Yeah.

56:43

Was Jesse Plemons secretly also in a

56:46

real episode of Star Trek? Yeah.

56:49

Whoa. Wow. Good

56:55

Larkin, Ben. That's, God,

56:58

that's really paying attention if you pick up

57:00

on the guy chewing gum in the scene. It

57:03

just made me laugh because he's clearly chewing some gum

57:05

in there. Hey, how often did you have to tell

57:07

an interview subject to spit out their gum? Because

57:10

I had to do it dozens

57:12

upon dozens of times when I was

57:14

doing corporate video work. You

57:17

would not believe how many people just

57:19

reflexively chew gum until you have

57:21

to interview them. You really get

57:23

a respect nook from someone when you

57:25

hold out your bare hand for them

57:27

to spit their gum into because you

57:29

need to get this interview going. Did

57:33

you ever do that? I would never. Oh

57:35

yeah. That's a real show. Show them who's

57:37

boss move. Oh, fuck. Really?

57:40

Yeah. Yeah. Like, focus on

57:43

this thing right now. Stay on your

57:45

mark. Spit here. I

57:47

know that this isn't supposed to be part

57:49

of your job, but this is my job

57:51

to the extent that you're spitting your gum into

57:53

my bare hand. I

57:56

don't think that's the power move you think it is. That

58:01

is deeply disturbing. Yeah. And

58:03

then you put it in your mouth and you're like, now

58:06

it's my gum. That

58:11

is so awful. No

58:17

better end to a show than that, Ben. Yeah.

58:20

Thanks to everybody that supports us week in, week out.

58:23

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58:26

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58:29

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58:31

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58:33

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58:35

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58:37

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make that happen. Yeah. And

58:49

Wendy, edit out when Adam said stand back. So

58:51

it just sounds like he said stand by for

58:53

that and not stand back and stand by for

58:56

that. I'm going to do the wrong

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